Store files in containers? Or Reference?

[JTSmith]

This was the best category I could find to post this... I've been storing documents related to my "Jobs" with each record having 3-10 documents. My file is roughly 1GB in size and growing fast. It's easy to drag and drop files into the fields from explorer, but I'm wondering if I should be storing them as a reference instead. Are there any drawbacks to storing all the documents in the database, other than the big file size?

[Aussie John]

The main problem with reference files is if the source is separated from the database. Moving and renaming the solution can be an issue too. On the other hand moving a large DB file can be an issue too.